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Trump says Eisenkot and Netanyahu are alike, and Israel exists because of him
U.S. President Donald Trump said Gadi Eisenkot, who has been tasked with forming Israel’s government, is “very similar” to Benjamin Netanyahu in his policies and views, and that Israel “would not exist without Donald Trump.” He acknowledged that American voters expressed “great hatred” toward Israel in the midterm elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump commented on Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar Party, being tasked with forming Israel’s government, saying that he and Netanyahu are “very similar in terms of their policies.” Speaking to reporters in Florida on Sunday, hours after Eisenkot received the mandate from President Isaac Herzog, Trump said: “He said very nice things about me, and he says he likes Trump. It is certainly a competition between him and Bibi Netanyahu, and we will see what happens.”
In this clip, Trump says Netanyahu and Eisenkot “are both strong supporters of what I do.” Trump had declared his support for Netanyahu before the Knesset elections held on October 27, while Eisenkot avoided criticizing the U.S. president throughout the campaign.
“Israel would not exist without Trump”
In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” recorded at the White House on Friday and broadcast on Sunday, Trump said the countries protected by the United States would “pay us all the costs” incurred in the war against Iran. He added: “Israel would not exist without Donald Trump, because we went in with our beautiful B-2 bombers more than a year ago and hit the three sites.”
Interviewer Ross Douthat asked whether Trump regretted helping Israel carry out “decapitation” strikes that changed Iran’s regime and drove it to escalate, instead of limiting the attacks to nuclear facilities.
In the clip, Trump replied: “Yes, that could have been done, but we had people who would have gone further. We decapitated their nuclear arsenal,” before adding that he is a man who “makes deals.”
“Great hatred” and pressure over Gaza
Trump acknowledged in the interview that voters “did not like the war, and they did not like the higher gasoline prices,” adding: “And there is incredible, tremendous hatred for Israel.”
In a related development, Axios reported, citing unnamed sources, that Trump urged Netanyahu in a phone call to move forward with implementing the Gaza peace plan after the Israeli elections, and that Washington wants progress regardless of who forms the next government. According to Axios, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also took part in the call. The plan’s second phase calls for disarming the factions, deploying an international stabilization force, transferring administration of the Strip to a Palestinian committee and the gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army. These steps have been stalled for months.
Cover photo: Anadolu. Video: CBS News / social media
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